sentience@pobox.com (Eliezer Yudkowsky) writes:>---Quick Intro To The Singularity--->>1) Computers double in power every eighteen months.>2) Computers double in power every eighteen *subjective* months.>3) Three years after computers match human researchers, computing power>goes to infinity.

Infinity is a really big number. Claiming without evidence that
a physical process will reach that before Tipler's Omega point is
a sure way to convince smart people that you are sloppy or a crackpot.

sentience@pobox.com (Eliezer Yudkowsky) writes:>THIS IS NOT PHILOSOPHY!>THIS IS MEMETIC ENGINEERING!>*WHAT* DOES IT *TAKE* TO GET THAT *THROUGH* TO YOU PEOPLE!

Gee, it might take some memetic engineering.
You are apparently trying to communicate ideas that Vinge has
already communicated to a number of people. You seem to think
that the caps lock key is a valuable tool for spreading memes.
Why do I suspect you won't be as succesfull as Vinge?